The War of 1812: Britain's Forgotten Conflict

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Keith Dowen

3 January 2013, 12.30pm

When America declared war on Great Britain on 18th June 1812, former president Thomas Jefferson commented that the conquest of Canada would 'be a mere matter of marching'. This lecture explores the war’s causes and key encounters and brings to life a man who is as famous in Canada as Wellington is here; General Sir Isaac Brock.

Keith A B Dowen is a freelance arms and armour historian specialising in the 16th and 17th centuries and assistant editor of the Journal of the Arms and Armour Society.